Jude Law's clash with photographer 'an accident'

Jude Law, the actor, has dismissed as "nonsense" an incident in
which he was seen to apparently lash out at a female photographer.

Jude Law: Law was pictured with his arm raised as he passed the startled-looking woman while leaving the Automat club in MayfairPhoto: SPLASH

1:28PM BST 23 Jul 2009

The star, currently appearing in a West End run of Hamlet, described the encounter as an "accident".

Law was pictured with his arm raised as he passed the startled-looking woman while leaving the Automat club in Mayfair.

The 28-year-old photographer is reported to have said of the alleged blow: "It was a real stinger."

But Law's lawyer, Graham Shear, said on Thursday: "This is all nonsense. Last night's incident was an accident.

"Jude was blinded by the camera flashes when he left the restaurant, raised his hand to shield himself and inadvertently struck somebody standing very close. He apologised and left. Pictures of this sort can often be misleading."